A Study in Spectres
β Scribed by Jess Faraday
- Publisher
- Blind Eye Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A Study in Spectres
Simon Pearce Mysteries Book 1 of 4
Constable Simon Pearce doesnβt believe in love. Itβs a dangerous proposition for many people in 19th century London, but for an ambitious copper climbing Scotland Yardβs greasy career ladder, itβs out of the question.
He doesnβt believe in monsters, either, though there seem to be a lot of them about. Whether itβs a ghost haunting a London churchyard where men seek menβs companionship, a phantom hound in Edinburgh thatβs hell-bent on revenge, or a murdered businessman on a cross-country train who just wonβt stay dead β the mysterious has a way of finding Pearce, whether he wants it to or not.
But are these happenings truly supernatural? Or is something worse β something thoroughly human β to blame?
Pearce has his theories β about crime, about monsters, and about love. But life has a way of testing even the most carefully considered ideas. And as he chases mysteries from one end of Britain to the other, he may just have to reconsider his ideas about all three.
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